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14th October 2017
03:21pm BST

Of course, this isn't the first time City player have used a shirt tribute for an injured colleague. Only last season, a knee injury to Ilkay Gündogan prompted a similar tribute from City's players. It's not just City that have done this either. Manchester United players wore shirts with the names of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo printed on the back after the players each ruptured knee ligaments towards the end of last season.
As has been the case on all of the aforementioned occasions, plenty of football fans made it known that they felt the tribute to Mendy was slightly over the top, taking the time out of there day to make jokes like these...
https://twitter.com/debrxyne17/status/919196893321875458
https://twitter.com/DougIasLuiz/status/919195549487828993
https://twitter.com/Dannyflemo/status/919204218753503233
https://twitter.com/amybethjones/status/919198453003059200
https://twitter.com/Alexchristhomas/status/919203855287640065
https://twitter.com/Matthew_Who/status/919202700692254720
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